In various applications, it is common to use thin beam-like structures, made of plastic or fibre-reinforced materials, as well components such cables. They are flexible, and the most form deformation bending, but they can also be stretched torqued. Due their structural composition, a coupling between different loading directions exists. This especially pronounced for cables, where interact with...

in this study, the effective factors on warpage in short fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites has been studied. first of all, the effective factors in manufacturing process were detected and then in order to decrease the number of experiments, the approach of design of experiments has been applied. by using micromechanics theory in composites and coefficients of thermal expansion models, a...

this study evaluates two different types of techniques for concrete hollow-block sections reinforced with traditional steel rebars and wire meshes, and compares their structural behaviour to that of an ordinary reinforced concrete beam section. the comparisons are based on the responses both before and after they were repaired with glass fibre reinforced polymers (gfrp). the specimens were subj...

The RNLI has been using composites for the construction of some of its lifeboats since the early 1970s and in the late 1980s a decision was taken to adopt a newer advanced form of composite construction with a view to saving overall structural weight whilst maintaining the requisite structural strength. This paper presents a broad discussion of the history of the use of composites in the RNLI, ...

A virtual finite element framework is presented to provide the transition from a high fidelity model more computationally efficient continuum for simulating fibre-dominated damage behavior in composite laminates subjected tensile loadings. The method LS-DYNA based on use of cohesive interface elements simulate both intra-laminar matrix cracks and delamination. Applied IM7/8552 carbon fibre rein...

Semi-rigid plates have been constructed from epoxy resin reinforced with carbon fibre. These have been used in animal trials and also for internal fixation of 20 fractures of the human tibia. The results are generally very satisfactory, and support the view that semi-rigid fixation is not only desirable theoretically, but also works in practice. However, the results are from preliminary trials ...

A vibration based damage identification method is investigated experimentally. The dynamic response of an intact and a locally damaged 16–layer unidirectional carbon fibre PEKK reinforced plate structure with two stiffener sections is considered. A forced–vibration set–up, including a laser vibrometer system, is employed to measure the dynamic behaviour. The feasibility of the two–dimensional M...